TEHRAN -- Japan Cinema Week is to open in Tehran on October 20 in a special ceremony hosted by Japanese Ambassador Ukeru Magosaki. The ceremony will be attended by a large number of cultural and cinematic figures. During Japan Cinema Week several Japanese films will be screened at the Cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. The films which will be screened in Tehran during Japan Cinema Week include Song of the Spring Pony, Sadako Story and Hachiko by Seijiro Koyam; Tombstone for Fireflies by Isao Takahata; and The Yamashita Story by Shue Matsubayashi.